PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Petala 5, saccata. Bacca sicca, 3-locularis, 3-sperma.
Petals 5, bagged. Berry dry, three-celled, three-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ceanothus foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, integerrimis, subtus lanuginosis; ramulis, pedunculis, petiolis, calycibusque hirsutis.
Ceanothus with the leaves oblong-lanced, entire, and woolly beneath; the branches, footstalks, flowerstalks, and calyxes hairy.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower.
2. A segment of the calyx, with a petal and stamen attached.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.